2/20/2024 8:41:00 PM | Men's Golf, Softball, Athletics Department
MACON – Athletics department officials from Mercer University announced Monday that softball's Avery Barton and men's golf's Tobias Jonsson have been named Mercer Student-Athletes of the Week for the week ending on February 18, 2024.
A Monticello native, Barton played just one game last week, but had a loud performance as she homered twice and drove in four runs to key Mercer's 10-2 mercy-rule victory over in-state nemesis Georgia State on Wednesday. Barton put the Bears ahead for good with a 2-run blast in the in the third inning, then gave the Bears an insurance run with a solo jack in the fourth. She also had a sac fly in the fifth inning as well.
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Jonsson, a senior from Huddinge, Sweden, finished in the runner-up position at the 99-man Palmas del Mar Collegiate, just two strokes off of the pace set by Michigan's Hunter Thomson at the event. The Swede carded below-par rounds on all three days of the event (69-67-67), and amassed 16 birdies and one eagle over the three-day event in Puerto Rico.
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A Monticello native, Barton played just one game last week, but had a loud performance as she homered twice and drove in four runs to key Mercer's 10-2 mercy-rule victory over in-state nemesis Georgia State on Wednesday. Barton put the Bears ahead for good with a 2-run blast in the in the third inning, then gave the Bears an insurance run with a solo jack in the fourth. She also had a sac fly in the fifth inning as well.
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Jonsson, a senior from Huddinge, Sweden, finished in the runner-up position at the 99-man Palmas del Mar Collegiate, just two strokes off of the pace set by Michigan's Hunter Thomson at the event. The Swede carded below-par rounds on all three days of the event (69-67-67), and amassed 16 birdies and one eagle over the three-day event in Puerto Rico.
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| STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE WEEK | |||
| Week Ending | Student-Athlete | Student-Athlete | Summary |
| February 18 | Avery Barton, Softball | Tobias Jonsson, Golf | Release |
| February 11 | Tori Hedgecock, Softball | Colin Kelley, Lacrosse | Release |
| February 4 | Summah Evans, Basketball | Taylor Dooley, Lacrosse | Release |
| January 28 | Stacie Jones, Basketball | Jalyn McCreary, Basketball | Release |
Players Mentioned
Saturday, November 14
Thursday, November 12
Tuesday, November 10
Sunday, November 08
